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Just a year removed from the University of Hartford, Sean Newcomb was dazzling on a big league mound Sunday. Newcomb, the Angels' first-round draft pick last year, threw a perfect inning in the Futures Game in Cincinnati. The all-star game pits...

LONDON — When Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic meet in the Wimbledon final for the second consecutive year on Sunday, they'll be resuming a rivalry that has been about as even as possible.This is their 40th head-to-head meeting; Federer leads,...

At 33 years, 338 days, Roger Federer became the oldest man to reach the Wimbledon final since Ken Rosewall (who was 39) in 1974. Federer beat Andy Murray Friday 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinal. More numbers: Federer will be going for a...

LONDON — If Roger Federer was going to allow Andy Murray to gain a foothold in the Wimbledon semifinals, this seemed as if it might be the moment.Murray delivered a 129-mph ace to pull out an epic seven-deuce, 15-minute game, saving five set points...

LONDON — Playing the kind of untouchable tennis that has brought him 17 Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer beat Andy Murray in straight sets Friday to reach his 10th Wimbledon final and put him within one victory of a record eighth championship at the All...

Three of the four participants in the men's semifinals Friday at Wimbledon — Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray — already have their names etched on the trophy.The other, Richard Gasquet, does not.Three of the four already own multiple Grand...

LONDON — Serena Williams is just one win away from another Grand Slam milestone. The top-ranked Williams maintained her 11-year dominance over Maria Sharapova, beating the Russian 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to reach her eighth Wimbledon championship match and...

No glory for Rory: Rory McIlroy won't defend his title in the British Open. He ruptured a ligament in his left ankle playing soccer with friends over the weekend. Not that it was a surprise — he was shown on crutches — but Wednesday he made it official....

Fred Hoiberg officially became the new coach of the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday, replacing New Britain native Tom Thibodeau, who was fired amid friction with the front office. Hoiberg, who played for the Bulls from 1999-2003, was on fire as coach at...

PARIS — For the third match in a row at the French Open, Serena Williams was oddly out of sorts at the outset and dropped the opening set. And for the third match in a row, almost as though this was the plan all along, Williams righted herself to pull out...

Juan Pablo Montoya won the Indianapolis 500 after beating out Will Power and Scott Dixon late in the race. Montoya also earned the checkered flag in 2000. The 15 years between victories was a record. A.J. Foyt took 10 years between his third and fourth...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Venus Williams lost her quarterfinal match against Madison Keys on Wednesday at the Australian Open. Serena Williams, the other sister in a family that has won a combined 25 Grand Slam singles titles, will attempt to right the wrong...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal kept telling anyone who would listen that his fitness levels wouldn't stand up to the rigors of a two-week Grand Slam tournament. Tomas Berdych proved him right. Nadal, who had played only eight matches since last...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Just like Serena Williams eight years ago, Victoria Azarenka entered the Australian Open as an unseeded player after an injury-plagued season.
Williams had won the Australian title twice before then — Azarenka can match...

MELBOURNE, Australia — An agitated Roger Federer spat out the question that Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova easily could have asked the players who pushed them to the limits in the second round of the Australian Open.
"Do you have to be that...

MELBOURNE, Australia — If Rafael Nadal needed any reminding of how long it has been since he won the Australian Open, he only needed to look at the "09" on the back of his left shoe.
After spending most of the last six months on the...

NEW YORK — Croatia's Marin Cilic swept past Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-3 6-3 to win the U.S. Open on Monday and reach the pinnacle of the sport one year after a doping ban kept him out of the year's final grand slam.The big-serving Croatian overwhelmed a...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marin Cilic completed a sensational set of semifinal shockers by upsetting 17-time grand slam winner Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the U.S. Open. Croatian 14th seed Cilic's opponent in Monday's final...

NEW YORK — Marin Cilic completed a sensational set of shocking semi-finals by upsetting 17-times grand slam winner Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the U.S. Open.Croatian 14th seed Cilic's opponent in Monday's final will be...

About that Novak Djokovic-Roger Federer U.S. Open final? Never mind. The top-ranked Djokovic was bounced in the semifinals by Japan's Kei Nishikori Saturday, just hours before Federer was eliminated by Marin Cilic in the...